Mental Illness vs. Dementia in the Elderly (Paperback) | Released: 11 Jul 2017

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to determine the difference between mental illness and dementia in the elderly .Dementia is a syndrome characterized by a progressive deterioration of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, and which results in impairment of normal daily functioning. Cognitive function includes memory, intellect and orientation, thus a person suffering from dementia would have impairment in these various aspects of "cognition." Dementia is chiefly a condition which affects the elderly, and with and increasing elderly population, the number of people suffering from dementia is expected to rise.Dementia, most commonly associated with failing memory, also involves impairment of other aspects of cognition such as reduced ability to learn and reason, loss of patterns of thoughts, feelings, and activities. Symptoms often begin insidiously, and progress over a number of years before becoming noticeable by family members. In the early stages, most elderly may just appear to be a little more forgetful, or may tend to repeat himself/herself during conversations. This usually is passed off as part of aging or being 'naggy'. Short term memory is usually affected first, so patients with dementia will usually have problems recalling what they had for lunch a few hours ago, but will have no problems recalling childhood events.With the passage of time, the forgetfulness gets more severe. He/she may be confused about the time, day and date. The decline in intellect may interfere with speech and thinking, so he/she may have difficulty understanding speech. There may be personal neglect. Other problems may also set in, such as bowel and urinary incontinence, their behavior becoming odd, getting lost and not being able to find the way home etc.Dementia is also frequently associated with other psychological problems. Depression affects as many as 20%-30% and about 20% have anxiety. Psychotic symptoms, such as delusions and hallucinations, my also affect sufferers of dementia. In the very late stages of dementia, the patient loses the ability to recognize even family members, is unable to express himself, becomes incontinent, and requires maximal assistance with all aspects of daily living such as feeding, bathing, changing clothes, and toileting.Unlike dementia, the issue of mental health and the elderly is particularly serious, owing to the fact that suicide seems to play the major role of all other conditions. Mental illness generally is more prevalent in the elderly than in the rest of the population, but this figure can hardly be surprising. Far too many elderly people live on their own. They no longer can, nor wish, to work. They have to watch relatives and friends of their own age die off, leaving them more and more isolated.Nevertheless, we've all heard it said many times that you should plan for retirement. People tend to leave their jobs and careers behind them as though a great weight has been lifted from their shoulders. You certainly can't blame them for that. If they've manage their affairs sensibly, they have a nice pension on which to live, and glorious days of golf, or sitting with their feet up on the front porch, stretch like a golden road before them. Now all that's fine for those who can afford the lifestyle, but how about the people who's stuck on Social Security, or the widow whose husband died, and left her without a penny? To learn more about the differences, please continue to read this book.
About the Author: Patricia Carlisle- A Master Social Worker and a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist (CBT) gives out an expression of how important it is for an individual to take into consideration the concept of self-assessment to know what human, technical and conceptual skills they posses to perform or to achieve what they desire, or to deal with everyday life. However, every particular group of people has their own unique set of ideas, traditions and events including the frame of mind according to which people perform but there are many who faces problems and fail to maintain a healthy mind set affecting their behaviors and performance to those around them. People like Patricia Carlisle are among those who have felt this urge of serving people and helping them out of their mental crisis towards a healthy life. She has experienced some close encounters in her personal life regarding mental health issues in her family and friends that has encouraged her to pursue this as her career. Currently Patricia Carlisle is serving as a Certified On-Line Cognitive Behavioral Therapist with an extensive 15years of experience using Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Techniques. She envisions a world where everyone gets mental health treatment with no mental health stigma and to make it real she has already set up her own Holistic Measure Online Comprehensive Behavioral Healthcare Company after retiring from The Nord Center in The Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) Dept for 5 years and Murtis H. Taylor Mental Health Center as a mental health counselor, psychological support technician and case manager for 10 years to emulsify her skills more professionally. Along with this, she has wrote down her passion as a clinician in 25 or more short books to help individuals and families get their life back, freeing them of the restraints of negative thinking, anxiety and depression by using different approaches. She is highly appreciated among her clients for her flexibility and professionalism of dealing with them graciously. To reach her, make use of her direct website address: http: //therapist2013.wix.com/e-therapy . As she is ready to inspire hope and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best online health care through comprehensive practice, education and research.